I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

A giant cement churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

A remarkably futuristic building sits in the oldest town in Louisiana.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

A museum dedicated to the lovable crime couple Bonnie & Clyde, just a few miles away from the site of their early demise.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

A 1980s tour bus that traveled millions of miles to facilitate a superlatively rigorous performing career.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.